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LOT 1585
Large North American Stone Age Knapped Spear Point Group
ARCHAIC WOODLAND PERIOD, CIRCA 2500-1900 B.P. OR LATER
2 5/8 - 3 1/4 in. (83.9 grams total, 67-82 mm).
Comprising four ovate points in grey and cream stone. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a previous old English collection.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector; acquired from a UK auction house.
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LOT 1585
Large North American Stone Age Knapped Spear Point Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Acheulean Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Piriform in plan, knapped in dark red quartzite with narrow point. 440 grams, 12.2 cm
From the Northern Sahara, North Africa. From a collection formed during the 1970s and 1980s, having been acquired on the British art market; thence by descent to the current owner in 1998. -
Stone Age Pecked and Polished Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
With an almost straight cutting edge and a narrow, rounded butt. 132 grams, 76 mm
From the private collection of the late Mr M., a collector from Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK; late 1980s-early 1990s. -
Museum Recorded Stone Age Flint Axe from Essex
Mesolithic Period, circa 10,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Piriform in plan and lentoid in section with broad cutting edge. 89.4 grams, 81 mm
Found in the vicinity of High Beech and Loughton Camp, Essex, UK. From the collection of a Stratford-upon-Avon, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by an original letter from Epping Forest District Museum collections manager dated 7th September 1991, stating that the find was 'most interesting, since the find spot was in the vicinity of both High Beech and Loughton Camp'.
